Sash-holder.



PATEN'I'ED APR. 10, 1906.

A. TOBBY.

SASH HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 18, 1905.

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PATENTED APR. 10, 1906.

A. TOBEY. SASH HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 18, 1905.

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SASH-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 10, 1906.

Application filed July 18,1905. Serial No. 270,26 9.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AVERY Tour, a citizen of the United States, residingat Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles, State of California, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Holders and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to windows, and more particularly to sash-holderstherefor, and has for its object to provide a device of this kind bymeans of which sashes may be held at different points of their movement.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingspecification, which describes an embodiment of the present invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a window provided with thepresent invention, part of the frame being broken away, Fig. 2 is afront elevation of the present invention secured to a window-frame. Fig.3 is a longitudinal section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2 taken through one ofthe casings. v Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the face-plate, thepositions of the rollers being shown in dotted lines.

Referring now to the drawings, the present invention comprises aface-plate 5, secured to the inner face of a frame 6 of a window andhaving horizontally-spaced vertically-extending slots 7 and 8 therein,the former lying in the guide 9 of the lower sash 9, while the latterlies in the guide 10 of the upper sash 10, and, as shown, the openingsare of equal length, the opening 7, however, extending somewhat abovethe opening 8.

Formed upon the rearward face 5 of the plate 5 there are a pair ofwedge-shaped casings 11 and 12, which extend vertically and which areopen at their forward faces, these casings being equal in length to theopenings 7 and 8 and communicating therewith at their open faces, asshown, and, as will be readily understood, the face-plate and casingsmay be cast integral.

The slanting faces 13 of the casings are directed rearwardly, the casing12 being disposed with its major end directed upwardly, while the case11 is disposed with its major end directed downwardly, and these casingsl 11 and 12 communicate with the openings 7 I and 8, respectively. Thecasings 11 and 12 include side walls 14 and 15 each, the former beingdirected toward the inner side of the window-frame 6, and formed inthese side walls 14 at the lower portions thereof there are openings 16,which extend longitudinally, the openings 16 of the casing 12 lying atthat portion of the casing which extends below the casing 11, the casing11 being' the one lying in a plane extending above that of the othercasing.

Pivoted upon the rearward face of the plate 5 there is an angle-lever.18, having a horizontally-extending arm 19, which projects through theopenings 16 into the casing 12, and the angle-lever also includes adepending arm 20, to which there is pivoted a push-rod 21, disposed in apassage 22 in the frame 6 and extending outwardly through the inner faceof the frame. It will thus be apparent that when the push-rod is pressedinwardly the free end of the arm 19 will be raised.

A similar angle-lever 23 is pivoted to the rearward face of the plate 5and includes arms 24 and 25, the lever being movable to bring its arm 24into and out of position to extend through the openings 16 of the casing11 into this casing, and the arm 25 has a push-rod 26 pivoted theretoand arranged similarly to the push-rod 22, this push-rod 26 beingarranged for operation to move the angle-lever 23 upon its pivot andbeing held with the angle-lever yieldably out of the casing 11 by meansof a helical spring 27, en gaged with the push-rod and resting at itsinner end against a shoulder 28, formed in the passage 22 and in whichthis push-rod is engaged, a similar helical spring 29 being arranged tohold the push-rod 21 yieldably with the arm 19 of the lever 18depressed. I

Rollers 30 and 31 are disposed in the casings 11 and 12, respectively,and are of a size tolie within these casings at the major portionsthereof, the roller 30 lying normally below the free end of the arm 24cf the lever 23, while the roller 31 lies normally above the arm 19 ofthe lever 18, resting upon this arm and occupying a position at thelower end of its casing 12. It. will thus be seen that the roller 31projects outwardly through the opening 8 and rests against the uppersash 10 and that downward movement of this sash will move the roller 31downwardly, wedging it between the sash and the rearward wall of thecasing to hold the sash against downward movement. It will also beapparent that if the push-rod 21 be pressed inwardly the le ver 18 willbe operated to raise the roller 31 and hold it out of position to wedgebetween the sash and the slanting wall of the casing. In a similarmanner it will be seen that if upward pressure be placed up on the lowersash 9 the roller 30 which engages the sash will be raised therewith towedge between the upper portion of the rearward slanting wall of thecasing 11 and the sash, though it will be apparent that inward movementof the pushrod 26 will move the lever 23 to bring its arm 24 into thepath of movement of the roller 30 to hold the latter against upwardmovement with the sash 9, and thus permitting of free raising of thesash. It will be understood that the rollers project slightly beyond theface-plate 5 when they are in their normal positions and engage thesashes.

What is claimed is- A device of the class described comprising a faceplate having wedge shaped casings connected therewith at its rearwardface, said casings being disposed with their minor ends directed awayfrom each other, one of said casings lying with its lower portion belowthat of the other, said face-plate having openings therein communicatingwith the casings longitudinally thereof, said casings having theirslanting walls directed rearwardly, rollers loosely disposed within thecasings with their peripheries extending outwardly beyond theface-plate, said casings having openings therein at one side, theopening of the lower casing being located in the portion thereofextending below the other casing, levers pivoted to the face-plate formovement into and out of position to hold the rollers against movementtoward the minor ends of the casing, push-rods connected with the leversfor movement of the latter and means for holding the push-rods with thelevers out of operative position,

In testimony whereof I afIiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AVERY TOBEY. Witnesses:

H. L. MoLELLAN, O. T. GRIFFITH.

